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EP0484588A1
EP0484588A1 EP90121507A EP90121507A EP0484588A1 EP 0484588 A1 EP0484588 A1 EP 0484588A1 EP 90121507 A EP90121507 A EP 90121507A EP 90121507 A EP90121507 A EP 90121507A EP 0484588 A1 EP0484588 A1 EP 0484588A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D28/00Shaping by press-cutting; Perforating
    • B21D28/24Perforating, i.e. punching holes
    • B21D28/32Perforating, i.e. punching holes in other articles of special shape
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/869Means to drive or to guide tool
    • Y10T83/8776Constantly urged tool or tool support [e.g., spring biased]
    • Y10T83/8785Through return [noncutting] stroke
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/869Means to drive or to guide tool
    • Y10T83/8821With simple rectilinear reciprocating motion only
    • Y10T83/8828Plural tools with same drive means
    • Y10T83/8831Plural distinct cutting edges on same support
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/869Means to drive or to guide tool
    • Y10T83/8821With simple rectilinear reciprocating motion only
    • Y10T83/8841Tool driver movable relative to tool support
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00Cutting
    • Y10T83/869Means to drive or to guide tool
    • Y10T83/8821With simple rectilinear reciprocating motion only
    • Y10T83/8841Tool driver movable relative to tool support
    • Y10T83/8853Including details of guide for tool or tool support

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  • the present invention relates to a die including a slide cam.
  • a lower die and an upper die are mounted respectively on a bed and a ram of a pressing machine so that piercing and forming processings can be accomplished by ascending and descending the upper die. Since the upper die is moved up and down, the transverse machining is effected by converting the vertical machining force to a horizontal force by using a cam member.
  • a positioning member 104 which positions the work 103 on a base plate 102 is secured.
  • a driven cam 107 including a punch 106 is slidably arranged.
  • a heel 108 is secured to the rear side of the driven cam 107.
  • a coil spring 109 is installed around the top side of a rod 110 which is threaded into the driven cam 107, passing through the heel 108, and one end of the coil spring 109 is in contact with the heel 108.
  • a nut 112 is screwed on to abut the other end of the coil spring 109 via a washer 111, to bias the elements such that the driven cam 107 is drawn back after piercing the work 103.
  • a driving cam 118 is secured to a base plate 117 of the upper die 116 at a position to oppose the driven cam 107.
  • the driving cam 118 moves the driven cam 107 forward against the biasing force of the coil spring 109 to pierce the hole 105 in the work 103 by the punch 106 and a die 125, and when the upper die 116 is ascended, the driven cam 107 is moved rearward by the biasing force of the coil spring 109.
  • the driven cam 107 including the punch 106 slides on the base plate 102 while approaching, and parting from, the work 104.
  • the driving cam 107 has to slide accurately to pierce by the punch 106 and die 125; therefore, flanges 121 project from lower opposite sides of the driven cam 107, and side guide plates 122 and upper guide plates 123 for guiding the flanges 121 are fixed to the base plate 102.
  • the side guide plates 122 for guiding the side faces of the flanges 121 extending from the sides of the driven cam body 107a, and the upper guide plates 123 for guiding the upper faces of the flanges 121 are provided. Since flange 121, side guide plate 122 and upper guide plate 123 are provided, an extended length l is provided respectively on opposite sides of the body portion 107a of the driven cam 107, the length l being usually about 100 to 150 mm at a minimum. Thereby, a large space is occupied on the base plate 102 of the lower die 101 of the press die.
  • a large space is occupied when a cam mechanism is provided on the die. Since the large space is occupied by providing the cam mechanism, the die size is restricted by the bed area of the pressing machine, and the necessary members cannot be installed on the die; therefore, sometimes the number of machining processes must be increased and the die has to be added.
  • a wear plate 124 provided on the tip of the flange 121 projecting from the side of the body portion 107a of the driven cam 107 wears as the driven cam 107 repeats the sliding operations, producing a gap between the side guide plate 122; thus, the driven cam 107 cannot slide linearly and tends to meander owing to the existence of the gap.
  • the punch 106 installed on the driven cam 107 also moves similarly in a serpentine fashion; thus, the punch 106 is unable to punch in the state wherein a proper clearance is maintained circularly around the die 125, producing burrs around the punched hole, whereby a high quality punching becomes impossible. Besides, due to the punching by the punch 106 and die 125 which produce the burrs, edges of the punch 106 and die 125 are damaged.
  • the present invention is directed to a die including a cam member, which can be designed to be compact, in addition to providing the necessary function as the cam member.
  • said die including a slide cam comprises: a slide cam base on the tip of which a polyhedral guide portion is formed; the slide cam which holds and supports the polyhedral guide portion of the slide cam base and slides along the polyhedral guide portion and onto which machining tools such as a punch and a trimming edge are mounted; an elastic body interposed between the slide cam base and the slide cam for urging the slide cam; and a driving cam in contact with the slide cam for moving the same.
  • An example described below involves a work to be pierced and trimmed at its lower end.
  • a positioning member 4 which positions the work (workpiece) 3 is fixed by means of bolts 5.
  • a driving cam 8 is fixed by bolts 9, on which driving cam a guide member 6 whose upper surface is formed as an inclined plane which slants as approaching (towards) the positioning member 4 so as to contact to a V-shaped groove, is installed with bolts 7.
  • a slide cam base 13 On a base plate 12 of an upper die 11 opposing the driving cam 8, a slide cam base 13 is secured by bolts 14.
  • the top of the slide cam base 13 is formed as a tetrahedral guide portion 16 which is generally quadrangular in cross-section and provided with the crest line 15 at the lower end, and having an inclined plane which, symmetrically with the inclined plane of the driving cam 8, slants upward as approaching the positioning member 4.
  • a slide cam 17 which holds and slidably supports the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13 and slides on the guide member 6 of the driving cam 8 is provided.
  • the slide cam 17 comprises a machining member 19 to which a V-shaped groove member 18, punch and cutting edge are mounted.
  • the V-shaped groove member 18 is positioned by a key 20 driven into an opposing face of the machining member 19, and fixed by bolts 22 by raising a stopper 21.
  • the upper end of the slide cam 17 is formed with a V-shaped groove which has the same inclined plane as that of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13 and receives the tetrahedral guide portion 16, and provided with wear plates 23 fixed with bolts 24 to support lower planes 25 of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13, upper planes 26 being urged by biasing plates 28 fixed by bolts 27 to the slide cam 17 which is arranged to be slidable on the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13.
  • a sliding member 29 which slides on the guide member 6 of the driving cam 8 by having its V-shaped groove in engagement therewith, is fixed by bolts 30.
  • a mounting plate 41 is mounted by a bolt 42.
  • a punch 43 is installed by fixing a punch plate 44 to the mounting plate 41 by means of a bolt 45.
  • a trimming edge 51 is fixed to the mounting plate 41 by means of a bolt 46.
  • Numeral 49 generally indicates a die which is engaged with the punch 43 for piercing
  • numeral 50 denotes a cutting edge which trims the edges of the work 3 in cooperation with the trimming edge 45.
  • a retaining hole 61 is formed in the rear end portion of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13, and a support plate 62 is disposed at a position opposing the retaining hole 61, and secured to the slide cam 17 by means of a bolt 63.
  • An elastic body 64 such as a coil spring is provided between the retaining hole 61 and the support plate 62.
  • the stopper 21 raised on the slide cam 17 is engaged with an end portion 65a of a stopping groove 65 formed in the crest line at the lower portion of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13.
  • a safety stopper 66 is screwed into the retaining hole 61 to fix the position of the coil spring; at the same time, the safety stopper 66 is extended through the support plate 62 and provided with a head portion 66a at its end, so as to stop the stopper 21 by the support plate 62 which collides against the head portion 66a, in case the stopper 21 does not stop at the end portion 65a of the stopping groove 65.
  • a return plate 71 is secured to the slide cam 17 by bolts 72, and engaged with the driving cam 8 at the lower end thereof.
  • Fig. 4 shows a top dead point where the slide cam 17, slidably disposed on the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13 installed on the base plate 12 of the upper die 11, is in contact with the stopper 21.
  • Fig. 1 The state wherein piercing and trimming are effected by the punch 43 and the trimming edge 51, and the upper die 11 is at the bottom dead point, is shown in Fig. 1.
  • the return plate 71 Since the return plate 71 is provided on the slide cam 17, when the slide cam 17 fails to retreat for some reason, the return plate 71 is engaged with the driving cam 8 to forcibly retreat the slide cam 17.
  • slide cam base 13, slide cam 17 and driving cam 8 are arranged in order from top to bottom
  • they may be arranged in order of the driving cam 8, slide cam 17 and slide cam base 13 from top to bottom.
  • a unit comprising the slide cam base 13, slide cam 17 and driving cam 8 may be used reversely.
  • a cam mechanism can be constituted without providing cam guiding flanges, side guide plates and upper guide plates, and the cam mechanism can be provided on the die in a minimum space.
  • machining can be effected from the direction suitable to the curved surface or from the normal direction to the curved surface, so that in case of piercing a circular hole, it can be finished in a true circle and not in an ellipse, thereby improving machining quality.
  • a die can be prepared to be smaller and lighter and at lower cost. Since the die is small, it can be produced using small-size machine tools and cranes in die making facilities.
  • the cam since the slide cam is held and slidably supported by the slide cam base, even when the sliding portion is worn after long operation of the die, the cam does not meander like the conventional die, but moves linearly; thus, a high quality pressing work can be accomplished. Besides, since the slide cam base moves in the linear direction precisely, edges of the punch, die and cutting edge do not break. In the embodiment of the present invention, since the sliding faces of the slide cam and the driving cam are formed with the V-shaped groove, there is no possibility that the cam meanders.
  • a sliding mechanism is provided in the center portion of the cam, it can be divided into small sections, and as compared with the conventional cam in which the flanges are extended from opposite sides, the cam divided into the small sections can be held and supported at many locations, so that, when compared with the conventional large member in which the cam is held only on opposite sides, the cam can be held securely.
  • the present invention can be applied immediately to the machining of works having various sizes.

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In a die including a cam member which can be designed to be compact in addition to providing the necessary function as the cam member, in order to accomplish high quality machining without moving the cam member in a serpentine fashion, the die includes a slide cam (17) comprising: a slide cam base (13) on the top of which a polyhedral guide portion (16) is formed; the slide cam which holds and supports the polyhedral guide portion of the slide cam base and slides along the polyhedral guide portion, and onto which machining tools such as a punch (43) and a trimming edge (51) are mounted; an elastic body (64) interposed between the slide cam base (13) and the slide cam (17) for urging the slide cam; and a driving cam (8) in contact with the slide cam for driving the same.

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  • The present invention relates to a die including a slide cam.
  • In an ordinary die, a lower die and an upper die are mounted respectively on a bed and a ram of a pressing machine so that piercing and forming processings can be accomplished by ascending and descending the upper die. Since the upper die is moved up and down, the transverse machining is effected by converting the vertical machining force to a horizontal force by using a cam member.
  • This will be explained by the example of piercing the side wall of a work with the die including the cam member.
  • As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, to the lower die 101, a positioning member 104 which positions the work 103 on a base plate 102 is secured. At a position to oppose a hole 105 to be pierced in the side wall of the work 103, a driven cam 107 including a punch 106 is slidably arranged. A heel 108 is secured to the rear side of the driven cam 107. A coil spring 109 is installed around the top side of a rod 110 which is threaded into the driven cam 107, passing through the heel 108, and one end of the coil spring 109 is in contact with the heel 108. A nut 112 is screwed on to abut the other end of the coil spring 109 via a washer 111, to bias the elements such that the driven cam 107 is drawn back after piercing the work 103. A driving cam 118 is secured to a base plate 117 of the upper die 116 at a position to oppose the driven cam 107.
  • When the upper die 116 is descended, the driving cam 118 moves the driven cam 107 forward against the biasing force of the coil spring 109 to pierce the hole 105 in the work 103 by the punch 106 and a die 125, and when the upper die 116 is ascended, the driven cam 107 is moved rearward by the biasing force of the coil spring 109.
  • For piercing the side wall of the work 105, as afore-mentioned, the driven cam 107 including the punch 106 slides on the base plate 102 while approaching, and parting from, the work 104. The driving cam 107 has to slide accurately to pierce by the punch 106 and die 125; therefore, flanges 121 project from lower opposite sides of the driven cam 107, and side guide plates 122 and upper guide plates 123 for guiding the flanges 121 are fixed to the base plate 102.
  • In this die, in order to allow the driving cam 107 to slide between predetermined positions, the side guide plates 122 for guiding the side faces of the flanges 121 extending from the sides of the driven cam body 107a, and the upper guide plates 123 for guiding the upper faces of the flanges 121 are provided. Since flange 121, side guide plate 122 and upper guide plate 123 are provided, an extended length ℓ is provided respectively on opposite sides of the body portion 107a of the driven cam 107, the length ℓ being usually about 100 to 150 mm at a minimum. Thereby, a large space is occupied on the base plate 102 of the lower die 101 of the press die.
  • Accordingly, a large space is occupied when a cam mechanism is provided on the die. Since the large space is occupied by providing the cam mechanism, the die size is restricted by the bed area of the pressing machine, and the necessary members cannot be installed on the die; therefore, sometimes the number of machining processes must be increased and the die has to be added.
  • A wear plate 124 provided on the tip of the flange 121 projecting from the side of the body portion 107a of the driven cam 107 wears as the driven cam 107 repeats the sliding operations, producing a gap between the side guide plate 122; thus, the driven cam 107 cannot slide linearly and tends to meander owing to the existence of the gap. The punch 106 installed on the driven cam 107 also moves similarly in a serpentine fashion; thus, the punch 106 is unable to punch in the state wherein a proper clearance is maintained circularly around the die 125, producing burrs around the punched hole, whereby a high quality punching becomes impossible. Besides, due to the punching by the punch 106 and die 125 which produce the burrs, edges of the punch 106 and die 125 are damaged.
  • Therefore, in view of the circumstances afore-mentioned, the present invention is directed to a die including a cam member, which can be designed to be compact, in addition to providing the necessary function as the cam member. In order to accomplish high quality machining without moving the cam member in a serpentine fashion, said die including a slide cam comprises: a slide cam base on the tip of which a polyhedral guide portion is formed; the slide cam which holds and supports the polyhedral guide portion of the slide cam base and slides along the polyhedral guide portion and onto which machining tools such as a punch and a trimming edge are mounted; an elastic body interposed between the slide cam base and the slide cam for urging the slide cam; and a driving cam in contact with the slide cam for moving the same.
  • When the upper die descends, the slide cam moves transversely between the driving cam and the slide cam base for pressing works such as piercing and trimming. When the works are completed and the upper die is raised or ascended, the slide cam urged by the elastic body is returned.
  • Below, a preferred embodiment of the invention is described in greater detail with reference to the drawings, wherein:
  • Fig. 1
    is a longitudinal sectional view of a die including a slide cam according to an embodiment of the present invention, shown at the bottom dead point;
    Fig. 2
    is a sectional view taken in the direction of the arrows substantially along line II-II in Fig. 1;
    Fig. 3
    is a sectional view taken in the direction of the arrows substantially along line III-III in Fig. 1;
    Fig. 4
    is a longitudinal sectional view of a cam mechanism of the present invention at a top dead point;
    Fig. 5
    is a front view of a press die using a conventional cam mechanism; and
    Fig. 6
    is a side view of the press die of Fig. 5.
  • The present invention will be described in a preferred embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings.
  • An example described below involves a work to be pierced and trimmed at its lower end.
  • On a base plate 2 of a lower die 1, a positioning member 4 which positions the work (workpiece) 3 is fixed by means of bolts 5. In the vicinity of the positioning member 4, a driving cam 8 is fixed by bolts 9, on which driving cam a guide member 6 whose upper surface is formed as an inclined plane which slants as approaching (towards) the positioning member 4 so as to contact to a V-shaped groove, is installed with bolts 7.
  • On a base plate 12 of an upper die 11 opposing the driving cam 8, a slide cam base 13 is secured by bolts 14. The top of the slide cam base 13 is formed as a tetrahedral guide portion 16 which is generally quadrangular in cross-section and provided with the crest line 15 at the lower end, and having an inclined plane which, symmetrically with the inclined plane of the driving cam 8, slants upward as approaching the positioning member 4.
  • A slide cam 17 which holds and slidably supports the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13 and slides on the guide member 6 of the driving cam 8 is provided.
  • The slide cam 17 comprises a machining member 19 to which a V-shaped groove member 18, punch and cutting edge are mounted. The V-shaped groove member 18 is positioned by a key 20 driven into an opposing face of the machining member 19, and fixed by bolts 22 by raising a stopper 21.
  • The upper end of the slide cam 17 is formed with a V-shaped groove which has the same inclined plane as that of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13 and receives the tetrahedral guide portion 16, and provided with wear plates 23 fixed with bolts 24 to support lower planes 25 of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13, upper planes 26 being urged by biasing plates 28 fixed by bolts 27 to the slide cam 17 which is arranged to be slidable on the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13.
  • On the lower surface of the slide cam 17, a sliding member 29 which slides on the guide member 6 of the driving cam 8 by having its V-shaped groove in engagement therewith, is fixed by bolts 30.
  • On the work machining side of the slide cam 17, a mounting plate 41 is mounted by a bolt 42. A punch 43 is installed by fixing a punch plate 44 to the mounting plate 41 by means of a bolt 45. A trimming edge 51 is fixed to the mounting plate 41 by means of a bolt 46. A stripper plate 47 to which a cushion rubber 48 is mounted, presses the work 3 before it is pierced and trimmed.
  • Numeral 49 generally indicates a die which is engaged with the punch 43 for piercing, and numeral 50 denotes a cutting edge which trims the edges of the work 3 in cooperation with the trimming edge 45.
  • For retreating the slide cam 17 after machining, a retaining hole 61 is formed in the rear end portion of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13, and a support plate 62 is disposed at a position opposing the retaining hole 61, and secured to the slide cam 17 by means of a bolt 63. An elastic body 64 such as a coil spring is provided between the retaining hole 61 and the support plate 62. When the upper die 11 is ascended, the slide cam 17 is retreated by the biasing force of the elastic body 64. For the purpose of stopping the retreatment of the slide cam 17, the stopper 21 raised on the slide cam 17 is engaged with an end portion 65a of a stopping groove 65 formed in the crest line at the lower portion of the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13. And, for safety reasons, a safety stopper 66 is screwed into the retaining hole 61 to fix the position of the coil spring; at the same time, the safety stopper 66 is extended through the support plate 62 and provided with a head portion 66a at its end, so as to stop the stopper 21 by the support plate 62 which collides against the head portion 66a, in case the stopper 21 does not stop at the end portion 65a of the stopping groove 65.
  • Also, for forcibly retreating the slide cam 17 when the upper die 11 ascends, a return plate 71 is secured to the slide cam 17 by bolts 72, and engaged with the driving cam 8 at the lower end thereof.
  • Next, the operation of the die is described.
  • As shown in Fig. 4, the work 3 is placed on the positioning member 4, and the upper die 11 is descended or lowered. Fig. 4 shows a top dead point where the slide cam 17, slidably disposed on the tetrahedral guide portion 16 of the slide cam base 13 installed on the base plate 12 of the upper die 11, is in contact with the stopper 21.
  • When the upper die 11 descends from this state, the sliding member 29 of the slide cam 17 contacts the guide member 6 of the driving cam 8, and the slide cam 17 proceeds toward the work 3 between the driving cam 8 and the slide cam base 13 as the upper die 11 descends, to pierce the work 3 by the punch 43 and to trim the lower portion of the work 3 by the trimming edge 51.
  • The state wherein piercing and trimming are effected by the punch 43 and the trimming edge 51, and the upper die 11 is at the bottom dead point, is shown in Fig. 1.
  • Thereafter, when the upper die 11 is ascended or raised, the urging force of the elastic body 64 is transmitted to the slide cam 17 from the support plate 62 to retreat the slide cam 17 which is stopped by its stopper 21 contacting the end portion 65a of the stopping groove 65.
  • Since the return plate 71 is provided on the slide cam 17, when the slide cam 17 fails to retreat for some reason, the return plate 71 is engaged with the driving cam 8 to forcibly retreat the slide cam 17.
  • In the above embodiment, though the example in which the slide cam base 13, slide cam 17 and driving cam 8 are arranged in order from top to bottom is described, they may be arranged in order of the driving cam 8, slide cam 17 and slide cam base 13 from top to bottom.
  • That is, a unit comprising the slide cam base 13, slide cam 17 and driving cam 8 may be used reversely.
  • Furthermore, though the example of piercing and trimming was described in the embodiment, it is to be understood that the present invention may be applied to other forming and bending processings.
  • Besides, when sizes of slide cam base 13, slide cam 17 and driving cam 8 are standardized, machining of works having various sizes can be performed immediately.
  • As described heretofore, since the present invention is directed to a die including a slide cam, comprising: a slide cam base on the top of which a polyhedral guide portion is formed; the slide cam which holds and supports the polyhedral guide portion of the slide cam base and slides along the polyhedral guide portion, and onto which machining tools such as a punch and a trimming edge are mounted; an elastic body interposed between the slide cam base and the slide cam for urging the slide cam; and a driving cam in contact with the slide cam for driving the same, a cam mechanism can be constituted without providing cam guiding flanges, side guide plates and upper guide plates, and the cam mechanism can be provided on the die in a minimum space.
  • Since a large space is occupied by the conventional cam mechanism, the size of die is restricted by the bed area of the pressing machine, so that the necessary members cannot be provided on the die. Thus, the number of machining processes must be increased, and the die has to be added; this being not necessary in the present invention, for the reasons mentioned above.
  • In the cam mechanism of the present invention, since little space is occupied, even when the work has a curved surface, machining can be effected from the direction suitable to the curved surface or from the normal direction to the curved surface, so that in case of piercing a circular hole, it can be finished in a true circle and not in an ellipse, thereby improving machining quality.
  • Also, in the present invention, a die can be prepared to be smaller and lighter and at lower cost. Since the die is small, it can be produced using small-size machine tools and cranes in die making facilities.
  • Moreover, in the die of the present invention, since the slide cam is held and slidably supported by the slide cam base, even when the sliding portion is worn after long operation of the die, the cam does not meander like the conventional die, but moves linearly; thus, a high quality pressing work can be accomplished. Besides, since the slide cam base moves in the linear direction precisely, edges of the punch, die and cutting edge do not break. In the embodiment of the present invention, since the sliding faces of the slide cam and the driving cam are formed with the V-shaped groove, there is no possibility that the cam meanders.
  • Also, in the present invention, as a sliding mechanism is provided in the center portion of the cam, it can be divided into small sections, and as compared with the conventional cam in which the flanges are extended from opposite sides, the cam divided into the small sections can be held and supported at many locations, so that, when compared with the conventional large member in which the cam is held only on opposite sides, the cam can be held securely.
  • When cam parts are standardized, the present invention can be applied immediately to the machining of works having various sizes.
  • Though abrasion tests were run according to the invention for 300,000 times, using the die including the slide cam having the construction of the embodiment shown, the wear rate was about (1.5 to 2.5) x 1/100 mm, whereas the wear rate of the conventional slide cam was about 5/100 mm x 1/3, showing the good results.

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  1. A die including a slide cam comprising: a slide cam base on the top of which a polyhedral guide portion is formed; the slide cam which holds and supports the polyhedral guide portion of the slide cam base and slides along the polyhedral guide portion, and onto which machining tools such as a punch and a trimming edge are mounted; an elastic body interposed between the slide cam base and the slide cam for urging the slide cam; and a driving cam in contact with the slide cam for driving the same.
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DE69018082T DE69018082T2 (en) 1990-11-09 1990-11-09 Die with guide carriage.
ES90121507T ES2069654T3 (en) 1990-11-09 1990-11-09 MATRIX WITH SLIDING CAM.
EP90121507A EP0484588B1 (en) 1990-11-09 1990-11-09 Die including slide cam
US07/631,150 US5101705A (en) 1990-11-09 1990-12-20 Die including slide cam

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